Template:IATA/doc
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This template provides common format for IATA code listings on disambiguation pages. Its origin traces to a discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 48#Disambiguation template for abbreviations and other TLAs in early June 2009.
Usage
[edit]Recommendation — subst this template (i.e. use syntax "{{subst:IATA}}").
Usage of this and related abbreviation-name pairs for articles should be set outside the main listing of disambiguated items and not intermingled with this list; this segregation is supported by WP:MOSDAB (as of the initial creation of this documentation).
The template takes three parameters
- title of airport article (automatically wikilinked)
- location of airport (appearing as plaintext)
- the actual code (appearing as plaintext)
The inclusion of the actual code is needed because the page title may be "*** (disambiguation)" or have a different case or punctuation from the actual code.
Example: On the ACV, the template usage would be {{IATA|Arcata-Eureka Airport|McKinleyville, California, United States|ACV}}, yielding → IATA airport code ACV: Arcata-Eureka Airport, McKinleyville, California, United States .